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Administrative Areas

Ward
Sighthill/Gorgie
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Large Urban Area
Households
44
Population
75
Males
39%
Females
61%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚EH11 2BW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
1

Age Groups

Population
75
Under 16
5%
16 - 64
80%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
39%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
71
Single
43
Married
19
Separated
1
Divorced
4
Widowed
4

Health

Population
75
Very good
48
Good
20
Fair
4
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
71
Scotland❚EH11 2BW❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
8
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
75
White British
11
White Scottish
49
White Irish
5
White Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
75
England
7
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
46
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Spain
3
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
USA
1
Australia
4

Religion

Population
75
Christian
32
Muslim
1
No religion
39
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
46
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚EH11 2BW❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
44
Occupied
44
Semi detached
1
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
20
Two people
17
Three people
7

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019